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03-16-2008, 11:04 AM
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| Wow, updates are pretty impressive. Strangely i find myself rooting for this build to be successfully over quickly. I cant wait to hear this car rip past me.       |
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03-16-2008, 11:22 AM
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 2 more weeks and we should be assembling the motor.
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03-16-2008, 02:36 PM
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| Those are the strangest looking valve reliefs on a piston I've ever seen.  |
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03-16-2008, 02:43 PM
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03-16-2008, 08:15 PM
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| Never saw oem pistons on my bmw or any other for that matter. I was just saying that because I've seen a lot of others. Most relief's aren't that deep, and sometimes there are none and it's totally flat. I just thought that it looked interesting, that's all. Nice car. |
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03-26-2008, 08:37 PM
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| Updates 3-28-08 We are getting ever so close to the end of this very long road. A few major components showed up today and are being prepared for there final placement under the hood of my M. Here is the block back from being sleeved (all cylinders). She is straight and true once more. Tighter and stronger than the day she was first cast.  You can see here the crank was a tad out of balance  .. after some persuading with a drill she is better than factory.  Last but not least .. the new fuel pump, filters, and controller. Ooo Yeah .. we went to the big boys .. check out this madness.   On a scheduling note we are hoping to have this badboy back in the car the weekend of April 4th.
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03-26-2008, 08:51 PM
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  In all seriousness ACE sent it out to their people. From my understanding they are big with the Supra's so know there way around a high revving inline 6
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03-26-2008, 08:59 PM
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| I went to a trade show years ago up and one of the booths was demonstrating a machine that balanced flywheels - pretty damn cool. I imagine similar technology is used to balance the crank. Can't wait to see how it all turns out.
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03-26-2008, 09:01 PM
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I cant wait either .. I have had the injectors tested twice now to make sure they are working 100% . I am not going for a repeat of last time. Kind of the reason I went a tad overboard on the fuel system .. making sure come hell or high water gas is getting into those cylinders.
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03-27-2008, 06:51 AM
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| Little more metal p0rn... ACE Twin Disc .. weighs only 17 pounds!!! (for comparison my old UUC Stage II 8.5lb flywheel, pressure plate and clutch assembly weighed 25lbs - net savings 8lbs)  
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03-27-2008, 01:43 PM
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| Today is a good day. The fuel rail just came back from the machine shop. We decided since the internal diameter of the OEM rail was more than adequate we would modify it to receive the new larger injectors along with fittings on each end so we can use our new return system. It still needs a little love with an emery cloth so forgive the minor messiness.  
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